‘A thundering clap, a strong smell … and then the smoke’ – how the St Petersburg bombing unfolded

‘It was standing room only on the packed metro train Polina, a St Petersburg student, boarded just before 3pm local time on Monday afternoon.
But just after the south bound train passed the bustling intersection station of Sennaya Ploshad, the carriage was shaken by a “thundering clap” that filled the metro car with smoke.
“The explosion went off between stations. There was a thundering clap, followed by a strong smell smell and smoke,” she said.
“We all moved to the opposite end of the wagon, people jammed together and two women passed out. This all was happening while the train was still moving, it didn’t stop,” she told Gazeta.ru.
“Everyone got out at Technologichesky Institute station. There, we saw that the neighboring wagon was shattered, the windows blown out, no light, blood,” she added.’
Eleven people were killed by explosion that had ripped through the tightly packed commuters…’

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